TitleActing Mayor Designation - For the purpose of amending the procedure for designating an Acting Mayor.BodyCITY COUNCIL OF THECity of Annapolis

Charter Amendment 1-18

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley

Referred toRules and City Government Committee

A CHARTER AMENDMENT Resolution concerning

Acting Mayor Designation

FOR the purpose of amending the procedure for designating an Acting Mayor.

BY repealing and reenacting the following portion of the City Charter:Article V, Section 3.

SECTION I: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Charter of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

Article V MAYOR

Sec. 3. - Acting mayor.

The mayor shall may, during his temporary disability or absence from the City, designate in writing an alderman to serve as acting mayor and to perform the duties of the office during the mayor's absence from the city for longer than one (1) day or during the mayor's temporary disability. In the event that the mayor is temporarily disabled or absent from the City and fails to designate an acting mayor as above provided, the City Manager shall serve as acting mayor until such time as If the mayor is disabled or absent from the city and has failed to designate an acting mayor, the city council, at the call of any member, may meets and, by a majority vote, designates an alderman to serve as acting mayor. An acting mayor has the same rights, duties, powers and obligations as the mayor.

SECTION II: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that a notice of public hearing was published on the proposed charter amendment, at least 21 days in advance of the public hearing that was held on Sunday, September 16, 2018.

SECTION III: AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the date of adoption of this Resolution is November 19, 2018, and the amendments of the Charter of the City of Annapolis, hereby enacted shall become effective on January 10, 2019, unless a proper petiti...